Surah Ya-Sin, Ayah 36 (36:36)

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سُبْحَٰنَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلْأَزْوَٰجَ كُلَّهَا مِمَّا تُنۢبِتُ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَمِنْ أَنفُسِهِمْ وَمِمَّا لَا …

Quran 36:36 is ayah 36 of Surah Ya-Sin (“Ya Sin”), a Meccan surah of 83 ayahs. It is in Juz 23, on page 442 of the Madani Mushaf.

36:36
سُبْحَٰنَٱلَّذِىخَلَقَٱلْأَزْوَٰجَكُلَّهَامِمَّاتُنۢبِتُٱلْأَرْضُوَمِنْأَنفُسِهِمْوَمِمَّالَايَعْلَمُونَ٣٦
sub'ḥāna alladhī khalaqa l-azwāja kullahā mimmā tunbitu l-arḍu wamin anfusihim wamimmā lā yaʿlamūna

Exalted is He who created all pairs - from what the earth grows and from themselves and from that which they do not know.(36)

Word by word

  1. سُبْحَٰنَsub'ḥānaGlory be
  2. ٱلَّذِىalladhī(to) the One Who
  3. خَلَقَkhalaqacreated
  4. ٱلْأَزْوَٰجَl-azwāja(in) pairs
  5. كُلَّهَاkullahāall
  6. مِمَّاmimmāof what
  7. تُنۢبِتُtunbitugrows
  8. ٱلْأَرْضُl-arḍuthe earth
  9. وَمِنْwaminand of
  10. أَنفُسِهِمْanfusihimthemselves
  11. وَمِمَّاwamimmāand of what
  12. لَاlānot
  13. يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnathey know

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